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From: c08_d042@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Stdnt 42)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS/OS bugginess?
Message-ID: <1037@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 7 Mar 89 18:32:41 GMT
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In article <9011@claris.com> krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson) writes:
>Okay, you got me here.  I keep forgetting about those damn 5 1/4" 
>floppies.  Your point.

This discussiu`on brings something to mind. There's ways to check to see if
there's a disk in a 5.25" drive so that it *doesn't* slamm the r/w head.
Most well written games and older utilities (like create with garfield) used
it. It only takes about 3/4 second, or faster even, to find if there is a
disk in the drive ready to be read. and what's important here is that the
drive doesn't make that *annoying as all hell* four second slamming and re-
trying noise.  It requires custom routine, however, since Prodos uses the
retard method.  If Prodos did it this way tho...nobody would be bitchin
about 5.25" drives not being suitable for gs's.

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Chris Coleman    c08_d042@jhunix